Buffalo Seminary
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205 Bidwell Parkway, Buffalo, NY US |
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| Type | private, all-girls |
| Motto | (optional) |
| Established | 1851 |
| Songs | Alma Mater and Jerusalem |
| Head of School | Helen Ladds Marlette |
| Number of students | 221 |
| School color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Red-Tailed Hawk |
| Website | www.buffaloseminary.org |
Buffalo Seminary (SEM) is an independent, private, college preparatory day and boarding school for girls in Buffalo, New York, United States. SEM is nonsectarian and non-uniform.
SEM is an accredited member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), the Small Boarding School Association (SBSA), the National Coalition of Girls' Schools (NCGS) and Online School for Girls (OSG). As an independent school, SEM is not confined by the guidelines established by the New York State Board of Regents.
Founded in 1851, SEM is Western New York’s oldest college preparatory school for girls; in all of New York State, including New York City, only one girls' school is older. The school was originally named The Buffalo Female Academy and has maintained all-female attendance. Its original, unflagging and prescient mission was to provide an exceptional education for young women, to prepare them to engage productively with the world. Originally, it offered education for young girls from kindergarten through sophomore year in college and had boarding. In 1889, the school adopted its current name, Buffalo Seminary. Graduates of SEM founded the Twentieth Century Club in the late 1800s. one of the oldest private women's clubs in the United States. The school changed its policy in 1899 to teach only grades 9 through 12 after merging with the Elmwood School. In 1908, the school moved from its initial founding address on Johnson Park to the current address on Bidwell Parkway. That building, completed the following year, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. In 2008 SEM added back its boarding program which has now expanded into a campus of five renovated historic homes next door to the school building, staffed by faculty "parents." In 2016-17 American girls and girls from Argentina, China, France, Germany and Korea reside in the houses.
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